diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index 0fccee32f..89efe5bd8 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ def load_path(filename: str | bytes) -> ImageFont:
             return load(os.path.join(directory, filename))
         except OSError:
             pass
-    msg = f"cannot find font file '{filename}' in sys.path"
+    msg = f'cannot find font file "{filename}" in sys.path'
     if os.path.exists(filename):
         msg += f', did you mean ImageFont.load("{filename}") instead?'